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[gnomi]

From e-mail received over the jewish_boston mailing list:

...Daniel Jackson will leyn the Haftorah.

Will Teal'c do Hagbah?

Comments

[yonihamagid.livejournal.com]

That is epic level geek.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I will choose to take this as a compliment. :-)

(Geek is my life.)

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Oh, sure, you turn hagbah into a link but what about those of us who don't know what Teal'c is or what Daniel has to do with him/her/it? (I assume you're referencing a fictional character with the same name.)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Daniel Jackson (http://gateworld.net/wiki/Daniel_Jackson)

Teal'c (http://gateworld.net/wiki/Teal%27c)

[llennhoff.livejournal.com]

When I used to work in Manhattan, I would often encounter J4Js in the subway giving out their literature. I daydreamed about editing a short video from Stargate excerpts featuring all the variations they did on
"False god. DEAD false god."

[llennhoff.livejournal.com]

My LOR told me non-Jews aren't allowed to do hagbah. Any sources to the contrary would be appreciated.

[cathshaffer.livejournal.com]

I am so there.

[sorek.livejournal.com]

While there is no canon to suggest Stargate's Jackson has any Jewish dna, he did often come across as a Woody Allen type of character. His "you must talk to the giiiiiaaaaannt aliens" grandfather could also pass as the cliche'd German/Polish/Russian Jewish immigrant who still reverts to Yiddish when under stress. According to Wikipedia the actor who played him Jan Rubeš (6 June 1920 – 29 June 2009) was born in Czechoslovakia.

[mildmannered.livejournal.com]

What, you didn't know the Jaffa are Jewish? They're one of the Lost Tribes.

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

You win! *rotfl*

[batyatoon]

Is there anybody who isn't?

[autotruezone.livejournal.com]

Well, some in Jaffa are Jewish, but many are non-Jewish Arabs.

[cellio]

I wasn't aware that Teal'c had converted.

[arib.livejournal.com]

Will Teal'c do Hagbah?

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Indeed.

[cellio]

So I have some halachic questions. As we know, the sha'ar can be held open for 38 minutes. If I'm tight on time, can I open it a minute before lighting candles and pop through half an hour later? Is it affected by local sunset? (What if there is more than one sun, or none at all?)

Have I travelled more than 2000 amot from my dwelling-place if I only took ten steps?

Let us take for granted that I am not carrying anything because no eiruv in the world(s) is that big.